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Sunday, 29 September 2013

Cambridgeshire FHS Family History Fair

Have you been inspired by ‘Who Do You Think You Are?’ to look into your family history? Have you been researching your family history for a while and come up against a brick wall? Come along to the Cambridgeshire Family History Society Fair and get free advice from local family history experts. There will be a free internet research room run by the Society’s volunteers with access to findmypast.co.uk, ancestry.co.uk, britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk as well as the Society’s own transcribed parish records.

Plus talks from expert speakers…

Using The National Archives - Simon Fowler

20th Century Research - Ian Waller

Newspapers - Mike Petty

Dating Victorian Photos - Tom Doig

Computer Research - Helen Tarbox

200 Years of Civil Registration - Louise Clover

War Memorials - Martin Edwards

and more than 20 exhibitors…

CFHS March Branch

East of London FHS

Essex FHS

Felixstowe FHS

Federation of Family History Societies

Histon History Society

Huntingdonshire FHS

Norfolk FHS

Northamptonshire FHS

Peterborough FHS

Romany & Traveller FHS

Royston FHS

Cambridgeshire Archives

Cambridgeshire Local Studies

CAB Search – acid free storage products

Desira – old postcards

Family Tree magazine

Keepsake Imagery – photographic restoration & retouching

Maxbal Genealogy - family tree charts

Robert Parker – myfamilygenealogy

Roll of Honour – war memorials

Tom Doig – Victorian photograph identification & dating

Admission to the fair is free, but attendance at talks is priced at £2 per person, per lecture. Free car parking will be available on site. The Citi 6 bus stops very close to the school and runs every 20 minutes from/to Cambridge city centre.